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source: Exhaustive 1966 collection

Tracks:
Disc one
Finding An Ashtray (3:57)
Suede Shades (1:38)
"What I really dropped in for..." (2:43)
"That Lightnin' Hopkins Record" (3:05)
"Take A Couple Pictures" (5:02)
"May I Speak To Mr. Dylan Please?" (4:03)
"You'll Have To Call Me Back" (1:02)
"May I Speak To Phil Ochs" (0:38)
"Hello, Is Mr. Dylan There?" (1:42)
"I Have To Get A Drink Of Water" (3:10)
"Have To Go Through Something" (1:39)
Tea With Lemon (2:11)
Dial-A-Prayer (0:22)
"Al Kooper Played It For Me" (1:35)
"I'd Like To Remind Everybody" (2:45)
"There You Have It In A Nutshell" (2:02)
"I Give Them Things... Like Rocks" (1:19)
"Larrie, Spell Your First Name" (2:35)
"Hey, We're Fighting Over You" (1:33)
"See Ya Later" (0:31)
Disc two
"But This Is A Drag" (3:44)
"Are You Gonna Play More Music?" (0:50)
"All You Have To Do Is..." (3:45)
"You've Played Long Enough" (0:34)
"We'll Just Split, Right" (0:22)
"Bob Dylan Is Beautiful" (1:00)
"I Don't Want To Talk To Dylan" (1:13)
"Did He Ride The A-Train?" (0:30)
"Mother Revisited" (1:23)
"Bob Fass, Please?" (0:42)
"Can I Talk To Bob Dylan?" (1:32)
"What Do You Want To Know?" (1:47)
"Did The Tea Ever Come?" (1:07)
"I'd Like To Ask Bob A Question" (1:09)
 "Good Morning" (0:47)
"I Didn't Think I'd Get On So Fast" (1:02)
"Not Everybody Has Courage" (1:03)
"You're A Pretty Smart Fella" (1:21)
"I'm Recording This On Tape..." (2:04)
"You Wanna Take More Calls?" (0:56)
"What Grade Are You In?" (8:44)
"I Won't Say The Same Thing" (1:05)
"You Got The Wrong Number" (2:55)
"Wait, I'll Go With You" (2:14)
"You Might As Well Take A Train" (1:26)
"Thanks For Playing The Record" (1:51)
Disc three
She Belongs To Me
To Ramona
Visions Of Johanna (Freeze Out)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Love Minus Zero / No Limit
Mr. Tambourine Man
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Disc four

She Belongs To Me
To Ramona
Visions Of Johanna (Freeze Out)
Desolation Row (2:53 - incomplete)
Love Minus Zero / No Limit
Mr. Tambourine Man
Positively 4th Street
Like A Rolling Stone
Disc five

She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Love Minus Zero / No Limit
Mr. Tambourine Man
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings (1:16 - incomplete)
Disc six
Positively Van Gogh (1) (0:56)
Positively Van Gogh (2) (4:17)
Positively Van Gogh (3) (0:32)
Positively Van Gogh (4) (3:20)
Positively Van Gogh (5) (1:25)
Positively Van Gogh (6) (1:36)
Don't Tell Him (1) (1:02)
Don't Tell Him (2) (3:11)
If You Want My Love (4:44)
Just Like A Woman (1) (0:25)
Just Like A Woman (2) (4:36)
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (1) (2:23)
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (2) (1:18)
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (3) (5:19)
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (4) (4:32)
Glasgow, Scotland:
What Kind Of Friend Is This? (2:39)
On A Rainy Afternoon (1) (1:51)
On A Rainy Afternoon (2) (2:46)
On A Rainy Afternoon (3) (1:08)
On A Rainy Afternoon (4) (1:22)
I Can't Leave Her Behind (1:30)
Disc seven
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
interval (4:20)
Disc eight
Tuning (2:12)
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Positively 4th Street
Disc nine
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Tell Me, Momma
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Disc ten
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row (4:32 - incomplete)
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's (0:38 - incomplete)
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings (2:16 - incomplete)
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Disc eleven

Visions Of Johanna
 4th Time Around
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Disc twelve
May 6 - ABC Theatre, Belfast, Ireland
I Don't Believe You
May 12 - Odeon, Birmingham, England
Ballad Of A Thin Man
May ? - Press Conference
Excerpt from unknown press conference
May 19 - KB-Hallen, Copenhagen, DK
Ballad Of A Thin Man
May 20 - ABC, Edinburgh, Scotland
One Too Many Mornings
Like A Rolling Stone
Soundboard Recordings
February 20 - Montreal, Quebec
Interview with Martin Bronstein (11:42)
April 21 - Adelaide, Australia
Interview with Cardwell, Francis (7:45)
April 28 - Stockholm, Sweden
Press Conference (3:25)
April 29 - Stockholm, Sweden
Interview with Klaus Burling (12:07)
May 23 - Paris, France
Press Conference (1:02)
Disc thirteen
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Disc fourteen
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
Disc fifteen
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
crowd noise (1:56)
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
God Save The Queen (0:48)
Disc sixteen
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Disc seventeen
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Tell Me, Momma
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Disc eighteen

April-May - Various European Locations
Eat The Document Soundtrack
1-59 are Scenes 1 to 59
Tracks 8/12/18/31/32/33/36/38/40/49/52/54/56/59 contain music
May - London, England
Eat The Document Outtake
60-61  Dylan and Lennon conversation
Disc nineteen
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Disc twenty
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
Disc twenty-one

She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Disc
twenty-two
Tell Me, Momma
I Don't Believe You
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man (1:52 - incomplete)
Like A Rolling Stone
Disc twenty-three
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
One Too Many Mornings
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone
Disc twenty-four
She Belongs To Me
4th Time Around
Visions Of Johanna
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Desolation Row
Just Like A Woman
Mr. Tambourine Man
Disc twenty-five
October 5, 1965
Temporary Like Achilles (1:03)
Jet Pilot (1:03)
Crawl Out Your Window (1) (0:56)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (1) (1:03)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (1)(3:32)
I Wanna Be Your Lover (3) (3:26)
Instrumental (1) (4:07)
November 30, 1965
Visions Of Johanna (1) ("Freeze Out")  (8:27)
Visions Of Johanna (2) ("Freeze Out")  (7:28)
Crawl Out Your Window (1) (3:38)
January 21, 1966
She's Your Lover Now (1) (8:28)
She's Your Lover Now  (2) (6:26)
January 27, 1966
I'll Keep It With Mine (3:13)
February 15, 1966
Keep It With Mine (3:13)
Bonus tracks:
Please Crawl Out Your Window (3) (3:33)
Pledging My Time * (3:53)
Disc
twenty-six
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Pledging My Time
Visions Of Johanna
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
I Want You
Stuck Inside Of Mobile
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Just Like A Woman
Most Likely You Go Your Way
Temporary Like Achilles
Absolutely Sweet Marie
4th Time Around
Obviously 5 Believers
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
View enlarged images below

Box Front
Book
Program
Box Back
1 & 2 Front
1 & 2 Back 3 & 4 Front 3 & 4 Back
5 & 6 Front 5 & 6 Back 7 & 8 Front 7 & 8 Back
9 & 10 Front 9 & 10 Back 11 & 12 Front 11 & 12 Back
13 & 14 Front 13 & 14 Back 15 & 16 Front 15 & 16 Back
17 & 18 Front 17 & 18 Back 19 & 20 Front 19 & 20 Back
21 & 22 Front 21 & 22 Back 23 & 24 Front 23 & 24 Back
25 & 26 Front 25 & 26 Back


Information:

source:
Disc 1
January 26 - WBAI-FM Studios, NY, N Y (Part One)
The Bob Fass Radio Show
Disc 2
January 26 - WBAI-FM Studios, NY, N Y (Part Two)
The Bob Fass Radio Show
Disc 3
February 5 - Westchester County Center,
White Plains, NY  Audience Recording
Disc 4
February 6 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA
Audience Recording
Disc 5
February 26 - Island Gardens, Hempstead, New York
Audience Recording
Disc 6
March 13 - Denver CO. Hotel Room Recordings
May 19-20 - Glasgow, Scotland
Disc 7
April 13 - Stadium, Syndey, Australia
Part One   Soundboard recording
Disc 8
April 13 - Stadium, Syndey, Australia
Part Two   Soundboard recording
Disc 9
April 20 - Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
Soundboard recording
Disc 10
April 29 - KonsertHuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Audience recording
Disc 11
May 5 - Adelphi Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Soundboard Recording
Disc 12
Various recordings (See Track List)
Disc 13
May 10 - Colston Hall, Bristol, England  (Part One)
Audience recording
Disc 14
May 10 - Colston Hall, Bristol, England  (Part Two)
Audience recording
Disc 15
May 14 - Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, England
Line recording
Disc 16
May 15 - DeMontfort Hall, Leicester, England
Audience recording
Disc 17
May 16 - Gaumont, Sheffield, England
Soundboard recording
Disc 18
April-May - Various European Locations
Eat The Document Soundtrack
Tracks 1-59 are Scenes 1 to 59
Tracks 8/12/18/31/32/33/36/38/40/49/52/54/56and59
contain music
May - London, England
Eat The Document Outtake
Disc 19
May 17 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
(Part One)    Stereo Soundboard recording
Disc 20
May 17 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
(Part Two)   
Stereo Soundboard recording
Disc 21
May 20 - ABC Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Part One)   Audience recording
Disc 22
May 20 - ABC Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland
(Part One)   Audience recording
Disc 23
May 26 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Soundboard recording
Disc 24
May 27 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Soundboard recording
Disc 25
The Blonde On Blonde Studio Sessions
All tracks mono, except 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, & 14 are stereo
 * Dutch Greatest Hits mono mix
Disc 26
January 25 - March 10, 1966
The USA Blonde On Blonde mono mix

Manufacturer / Catalog No.
VIGOTONE     /      VT 192-217

Released:
2000

Quality:
8-10 stars

Bob's Boots ref  #
BB-j03

  Thanks to Mark Goedegebuur for assistance


Review:
This release  is an exhaustive labor of love collection of twenty six discs that attempts to capture every known 1966 recording of Dylan.

Special Features
 
It comes with a 100 page booklet, a copy of Dylan's 1966 European tour program, and a slipcase-style outter box that houses three inner boxes. The inner boxes contain 13 unique slip covers that hold two discs each.

The Booklet
 
The booklet included with this title features the following information:
 
- Introduction by the folks at Vigotone
- Track listings (reproduced on each separate page)
- 1966 World Tour itinerary
- Bob Dylan's 1966 Calendar [partial]
- Partial transcript of the Bob Fass radio show
- An article about the "hotel tapes" [from Clinton Heylin's book]
- Information about Eat The Document
- Eat The Document: a scene by scene synopsis by Verily E. Weasel
- Some location listings for Eat The Document
- Eat The Document - The Meaning of the Title
- A transcript of two film reels from the Eat The Document archives [Dylan & Lennon]
- The Blonde On Blonde Sessionography
- Blonde On Blonde - Song By Song [from the 1966 Blonde On Blonde Songbook]
- Bob Dylan in Nashville; article from Hit Parader - October 1966
- Press About Bob Dylan and the World Tour [reviews]
- Press Conferences From Around The World [transcripts]
- The Accident; an article about Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident
- Live song index
- Thanks from the folks at Vigotone

Notes:
Below is the text from the back of the box and the introduction from the liner notes. Everything in this collection is in black and white.  All of the scans are really gray scaled!  Your monitor hasn't blown a circuit!
   The huge booklet that comes with this set has transcriptions of the radio broadcast, press conferences, and Eat The Document.   It also includes a load of other articles about Dylan. All of the discs in the Jewels And Binoculars collection come in double jewel boxes, except disks 25 & 26 (VT-216/217) which come in a cardboard sleeve that resembles a gatefold vinyl record jacket.
      
Box Back Text
 
Herein on 26 CD's are all the extant recordings of the Bob Dylan / Hawks 1966 World Tour (apart from those still locked away in the vaults), along with interviews, alternate studio performances and mixes, and even some informal hotel room recordings.  In addition, this set contains an exact reproduction of the rare 1966 tour program as well as a 100 page book of text and photos documenting the tour and Bob Dylan in 1966.

The 1966 Dylan / Hawks World Tour is the stuff of legend. But unlike most legends from a bygone era, the goods are here to back this one up.

Liner Notes
 
         The 1966 Dylan / Hawks World Tour is the stuff of legend.   But unlike most legends from a bygone era, the goods are here to back this one up.   Right here, in this boxed set.  While knowing the historical context of these performances will no doubt increase the listener's enjoyment of them, it's not crucial to the understanding of why they are so exalted.  All one needs to do is LISTEN.
          Herein are all the extant recordings of that tour (apart from those still locked away in the vaults), along with interviews, alternate studio performances and mixes, and even some informal hotel room recordings.  Even a cursory listen to them will reveal one clear truth -- that Dylan was ON every night (and every day) in 1966.  "On" both in terms of performing splendidly and his bringing his art to new levels, but also "on" in the sense that he was DYLAN (not Bob or Bobby, and surely not Robert Zimmerman) every single moment, on stage and off.  From his biting put down of an Australian journalist ("are YOU successful?"), to his clever ways of dealing with audience hostility ("if you wouldn't clap so hard") to his weary yet triumphant "thank yeeeeew" that ends the famed Manchester concert, he was INSIDE everything he did, with every ounce of his being.
          Except for some brief flashes during the 1979/80 "Born Again" Tour, and a few magical nights of the "Never-Ending Tour", Dylan (or any other rock performer, for that matter) has never again achieved this level of intensity, or challenged his audience so greatly while not being pretentious, condescending or boring.  It's clear that the quality of the performances were in direct relationship with the hostility coming from the crowd, but it was more than that.  Dylan just KNEW he was right about the quality of his music, and nothing could (or did) sway him.  And even if Dylan's motorcycle crash in the summer didn't bring this era to a close, something else (burnout? drug OD?) WOULD have.   Levels of brilliance of this sort are not designed to be maintained.  But the residue is still with us.  So listen up!
Mr. Jones
June 2000

26 CD bootleg box set from the Vigotone "label", covering most of Dylan's (& the Hawks') 1966 tours, studio recordings and performances,. Comes with a 100 page booklet, a copy of Dylan's 1966 European tour program, and a slipcase-style box w/three inner boxes.

The booklet contains:

    * Track listings
    * 1966 World Tour itinerary
    * Bob Dylan's 1966 Calendar
    * Partial transcript of the Bob Fass radio show
    * An article about the "hotel tapes" [from Clinton Heylin's book]
    * Information about Eat The Document
    * Eat The Document: a scene by scene synopsis by Verily E. Weasel
    * Some location listings for Eat The Document
    * Eat The Document - The Meaning of the Title
    * A transcript of two film reels from the Eat The Document archives [Dylan & Lennon]
    * The Blonde On Blonde sessionography
    * Blonde On Blonde - Song By Song [from the 1966 Blonde On Blonde Songbook]
    * Bob Dylan in Nashville; article from Hit Parader - October 1966
    * Press About Bob Dylan and the World Tour [reviews]
    * Press Conferences From Around The World [transcripts]
    * The Accident; an article about Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident
    * Live song index

On the bad side:
There is not much new here. Though a fantastic set to be proud of owning... the reality is that there is just too much. It's overkill to hear every version of every song from every night. The manufacturers choose to put one show per disc (or a long show on two separate discs. While this creates wonderful flow and progression, it also adds several more discs to the package. And of course, worst of all is the retail price of this behemoth. If you want all of the 1966 recordings, this is a prestigious way to own them. However, one might simply choose to obtain the discs that interest them most on CDr., and save enough money to make a car payment.
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